Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Story appeared in BUSINESS section, Page D4
Aerojet announced Monday that it has been awarded a $3.5 million contract with Raytheon Missile Systems to continue building rocket engines for the U.S. missile defense system.
Aerojet said the contract calls for it to continue ongoing work on engines that use a propellant that is less toxic than traditional rocket fuels — a project that has been under way for six years.
Ron Spores, program manager for the project, said Aerojet is still testing and trying to improve the engines and doesn’t expect commercial production of them to come before 2011.
The development work is being conducted at Aerojet facilities in Rancho Cordova and Redmond, Wash.
– Clint Swett, SacBee.com
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